---
title: playbackStartDate
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: avfoundation/avplayeritemaccesslogevent/playbackstartdate
---

# playbackStartDate

The date and time at which playback began for this event.

## Declaration

```swift
var playbackStartDate: Date? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The property corresponds to “date”. The value of this property is nil if unknown. This property is not compatible with key-value observing.

## See Also

### Getting playback-related log events

- [playbackSessionID](avfoundation/avplayeritemaccesslogevent/playbacksessionid.md)
- [playbackStartOffset](avfoundation/avplayeritemaccesslogevent/playbackstartoffset.md)
- [playbackType](avfoundation/avplayeritemaccesslogevent/playbacktype.md)
- [startupTime](avfoundation/avplayeritemaccesslogevent/startuptime.md)
- [durationWatched](avfoundation/avplayeritemaccesslogevent/durationwatched.md)
- [numberOfDroppedVideoFrames](avfoundation/avplayeritemaccesslogevent/numberofdroppedvideoframes.md)
- [numberOfStalls](avfoundation/avplayeritemaccesslogevent/numberofstalls.md)
- [numberOfSegmentsDownloaded](avfoundation/avplayeritemaccesslogevent/numberofsegmentsdownloaded.md)
- [segmentsDownloadedDuration](avfoundation/avplayeritemaccesslogevent/segmentsdownloadedduration.md)
- [downloadOverdue](avfoundation/avplayeritemaccesslogevent/downloadoverdue.md)